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| Afghanistan |
| Suicide bomb targets NATO convoy outside Kabul airport |
| 2013-12-12 |
| [Pak Daily Times] A jacket wallah detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... military convoy entering Kabul airport on Wednesday, killing himself but causing no other casualties, officials said. The blast was heard across the Afghan capital, which has seen a recent drop in hard boy attacks after several high-profile strikes earlier this year. "We can confirm a suicide boom-mobileing that targeted an ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) convoy coming to Kabul International Airport," a spokeswoman with the NATO force said. "The vehicle detonated too early and didn't reach the convoy. There were no ISAF casualties." Interior ministry front man Sidiq Sediqqi confirmed the attack on the heavily fortified airport, which houses a major NATO military base as well as operating civilian flights to destinations including Dubai, New Delhi and Istanbul. Sediqqi said there were no Afghan casualties in the incident. |
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